Palo Alto Networks

Software Engineer

$90K–$148K

Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · Full-time · Posted Jan 26, 2026

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Education: Bachelor's degree earned recently or anticipated within the next 12 months in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, or a similar technical field.
Visa sponsorship: No immigration sponsorship; the employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

About the job

Develop and deploy software for cybersecurity products across the Strata, Prisma, and Cortex organizations, using AI-assisted tools and practices to improve engineering workflows.

What you'll do

Design, develop, and deploy software with cross-functional teams; write and review maintainable, documented code.
Use AI-assisted development tools and help establish AI-enabled practices for code generation, testing, documentation, and refactoring.
Automate development, deployment, and monitoring processes and contribute to ongoing team and product improvements.

What they ask for

Recently earned or expected within the next 12 months to earn a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, or a similar technical field.
Strong programming skills in at least one of Python, Java, or C.
Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, research, and Product Management; networking fundamentals required for Embedded & Distributed Systems positions.

Nice to have

Exposure to LLMs or AI/ML APIs, including through personal projects.
Familiarity with cloud environments, containers, CI/CD, observability platforms, or infrastructure-as-code.

Pay

$90,000.00 - $147,500.00/yr (USD; base salary)

Tools

Cursor, Claude Code, Python, Java, C, GCP, AWS, Azure

AI focus

Use and experiment with AI-assisted development tools; help apply AI to code generation, testing, documentation, and refactoring; learn AI technologies to enhance developer workflows.

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